Configuring OpenMetadata
OpenMetadata is an open source tool used for metadata management, allowing the process of data discovery and governance. You can find more about it here: https://open-metadata.org/.
By performing a few steps, it is possible to create a local or production instance using Docker or Kubernetes. OpenMetadata can connect to multiple resources, such as MySQL, Redis, Redshift, BigQuery, and others, to bring the information needed to build a data catalog.
Getting ready
Before starting our configuration, we must install OpenMetadata and ensure the Docker containers are running correctly. Let us see how it is done:
Note
At the time this book was written, the application was in the 0.12 version and with some documentation and installation improvements. This means the best approach to installing it may change over time. Please refer to the official documentation for it here: https://docs.open-metadata.org/quick-start/local-deployment.
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